Chapter 82


    After a shower and putting on the clothes that she has no idea where Rafael got, Luz leaves the room,


    finding her friend with a smile, waiting for her leaning against the wall.


    -Better? – she nods with a weak smile and he hugs her -. For all intents and purposes, you are my


    fiancée and that child is mine.


    -But…


    -You don’t know Mrs. Williams, it’s better that way. If for some reason she had to leave or go to New


    York, she will take care of her with her own life if necessary, she is dying for a grandson and you are,


    from now on, her favorite person.


    “You’ll break his heart when he finds out the truth,” she tells him sadly, thinking about the pain that a lie


    can cause. Rafael starts walking towards the stairs with her without letting go of her —


    -Don’t worry, as soon as I make sure you’re okay, I’ll fix that. I already have a candidate for wife and


    mother of my children.


    -Evangeline is a sweet girl and would be perfect for you. I wish you that everything turns out well. -Light?


    – Rafael’s mother appears down the hall when they reach the bottom and approaches with open arms -.


    Nice to meet you, beautiful Jeres! She gives her a big hug, a kiss on each of her cheeks and puts her


    arm around her, leading her into the kitchen. -Sit at home dear. At any time, if she wants to eat


    something or if you don’t like something on the menu, Chloe can prepare anything for you. “Thank you,


    Mrs. Williams,” she replies shyly. -Oh, don’t call me that, you sound like my son-she looks at Rafael with


    annoyance-Tell me Kiki.


    Luz smiles and Kiki smiles back. Once in the kitchen, he tells her where to sit, stands next to her, and


    asks Chloe to serve her breakfast. -Thank you, Chloe, for the clothes – Kiki looks at them surprised -. We


    came without luggage and she gave me her new clothes.


    – But… Rafael! Kiki exims.


    -Don’t start, Mrs. Williams – he answers her very calmly, spreading butter on a piece of toast and leaving


    it on Luz’s te -, it will ruin Luz’s breakfast.


    Just because of that, Kiki stays silent and asks Luz all sorts of things about her. When she tells him that


    she wants to studyw, the woman gets excited and tells him smiling. -I could contact Gerard Finnick, he


    is the bestwyer in New York, he can rmend you.


    -Okay, thanks – Luz tells him trying not to cry just to hear his name, Rafael just wants to kill his mother -.


    I’m consulting with a professor at the university…


    -That’s wonderful – he joins his hands and can’t say with emotion overflowing through his pores -, I hope


    to see you more often, I don’t want to miss my grandson’s birth… I can’t believe Rafael didn’t tell me.


    – Because you exaggerate everything, surely you are already thinking of taking Luz to buy half a baby


    store.


    From the woman’s expression, she realizes that it was so, Luz smiles and realizes the enormous


    difference between her parents and the woman. She, without even knowing her, is beyond excited about


    the opportunity to be a grandmother.


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    When they finish eating, Rafael apanies Luz to the room, to brush her teeth and to ask her what


    she wants to do.


    -I’m afraid that we won’t be able to talk here, I’m sure that in less than five minutes your mother will arrive


    to invite me to see the house or to buy.


    And precisely, someone knocks on the door, Rafael when he opens it makes a gesture of exasperation,


    because he knows how suffocating his mother can be when something “motivates” her.


    -Luz, dear, I wanted to invite you to go shopping.


    -I’m sorry, mom, but we already have ns, I want to take her to a special ce. – You’ve already had a


    lot for yourself – she takes Luz by the arm, who looks at Rafael with a face of “save me and your crazy


    mother” –


    -Mom, Luz will stay here indefinitely, so you will have many asions to go out with her. Now, I want to


    take her to see the city, she has never been to Baltimore. -Oh, oh… you must take her… -Yes, we’ll go


    right there. But only if you let her go – Kiki lets go of Luz’s arm and gives her another kiss – -Have a


    great time, we’ll see each other at dinner, because I doubt they’ll arrive for lunch. The woman leaves the


    room, Rafael looks at Luz and they bothugh. -Let’s get out of here, before shees back and she


    wants to go with us.


    They go out… rather, they escape from the house, betweenplicitughter. They get in the car and


    Rafael heads towards Fort McHenry, one of the most beautiful ces in the city.


    -I know that you don’t like to go to a ce just because, so I chose this one that has a lot of history.


    You are the best friend that life could give me.


    Rafael puffs out his chest proudly at Luz’s words, while she knows that the time ising to tell her


    everything that is happening in her life now, she just hopes that he doesn’t judge her for having fallen in


    love with precisely who she shouldn’t have.